Why Germans are obsessed with potatoes! | Germany In A Nutshell

[@Habibtay]

Potatoes are such a life saver, can't imagine my life without them

[@JJONNYREPP]

Why Germans are obsessed with potatoes! | Germany In A Nutshell 1415pm 5.8.23 top notch advice to note when taking up that invite made by yer german friend: take along a lengthy piece of slate with you....

[@Tommusix]

Like bread. As a German I can't imagine a life without bread.

[@dennisp8520]

@@Tommusixi can not imagine life without bread but I can imagine life without potatoes. That being said potatoes are an absolute miracle food. They have really good nutrients and can be used in so many different ways. They are also easy to grow and super cheap to buy.

[@hfredydl]

Thank you for mentioning how the potato originated from South America!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Yes. So many "traditional" European foods were actually brought back there after the invasion of the Western Hemisphere began in 1492. Tomatoes are another prominent example.

[@hassenvenero5126]

As a Peruvian, it surprises me there are people who think potatoes come from Europe.

[@laiyinquan8355]

​@@hassenvenero5126That's because European countries extensively use potatoes in their dishes

[@laiyinquan8355]

@@allthingsfair773 To be fair, they kind of are geographically?

[@divelea]

I mean... europeans told us where everything originated.

[@elizabethbedon7076]

Coming from the Andes, I love potatoes in their different preparations 🤩 liebe Grüße aus Ecuador 🥔😍

[@derhinek]

In a video about Germany and potatoes I had expected a mention of the two types of potato salad. It's almost a religious thing here.

[@dweuromaxx]

Haha - correct. Perhaps we need a part 2 ;)

[@deep.space.12]

4:33 I thought Hannah was gonna introduce us to her grandma 😂

[@mikebaginy8731]

Having lived in the greater Stuttgart area many years, I now live near Bonn and prefer all sorts of potatoes. But home-made Spätzle are truly superb!

[@derlaurenz]

The apparent German potato farmer has ONE HEAVY aussie accent XD XD I liiiiveeee *snap snap snap*

[@PetraSoule]

well, that is not that unusual for a German to sound like an Aussie. When I went to England in 1974 I was often asked if I was from Australia.

[@pigoff123]

Our favorite growing up was salz kardoffel

[@pigoff123]

My mom added her potatoes to her pressure cooker with meat and gravy. She even added potatoes to saurerkraut.

[@saba1030]

Thanks for the nice subject. You forgot the "potato dumplings and the potato bread" 😊

[@dweuromaxx]

How could we! 😱

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

Both are so tasty

[@shahlabadel8628]

thanks.potatoes are worth liking!

[@aroy7122]

I am from West Bengal which is a Bengali state in India... So, we Bengalis also love potatoes so so so much that in every veg or non-veg dish, we put potatoes 🥔 (Aaloo- potato in Bengali)... When I came to Germany then I realize that Germans and Bengalis have many things similar but the most important is Kartoffel !! I loved it... ❤😅😊

[@soulxslayerchan]

Mochli

[@kumarmanjeet6704]

Same thing in bihar.. We put potatoes in almost everything

[@liqiz1755]

Really? It’s true that Kartoffel is potato, richtig.

[@MsLarrythegreat]

I remember a story from my childhood about the "Alte (old) Fritz" popularizing the potato by making a show about serving them at court and having the fields watched by armed guards during daylight hours. In order to tempt poor peasants into stealing from the fields at night. Because guarded fields would show those hungry enough that the strange bulbs must be good and worth eating the unknown.

[@cedriceric9730]

Omg

[@cedriceric9730]

Omg

[@cedriceric9730]

Omg

[@angelikapreu9323]

I've heard this Story too.

[@dansattah]

Sounds about right. My mother told me how grandpa had to steal potatoes in East Prussia to survive before he migrated to Mecklenburg-Westpomerania.

[@wiesengrund1314]

I own a very large cookery book titeled "Deutsche Küche". And what`s on the cover? A boiled potato! (Teubner Verlag)

[@guymarcgagne7630]

Gratulieren, amusing overview. Be well & stay safe

[@kaffir76]

2:05 even your farmers look like models ❤❤

[@ashlijerry]

I like to eat mashed potatoes with brat wurst… I sprinkle pepper powder on both… It’s super easy to cook and delicious for lunch or dinner

[@christianmenzel977]

Ihr hättet bei den Beispielen noch Kartoffelknödel hinzufügen können. Die sind in Bayern sehr beliebt. Ein schönes Video, toll gemacht!

[@uliludwig2798]

"Kartoffelpuffer/Reibekuchen" (~potato pancakes) are missing 😀

[@karstenbursak8083]

Ah ... Pommes de Bordell 😂😂😂

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Baggers in Nürnberg.

[@angelikapreu9323]

Reiberdadschi hier.👋😀

[@VRchitecture]

How could one not to like potatoes? 👀

[@drj9506]

Absolutely miss the kebab boxes with fries in Germany, wish it were more common here in the States.

[@howardscott1556]

What about those marzipan potatoes you get at the Christmas market?

[@LCMM2150]

3:00 Are you supposed to throw the potatoes like that? Doesn't it cause bruises on them?

[@DontPanick]

It is kinda weird that people have that impression that we are obsessed with potatoes. Our consumption per capita is admittedly way larger than the world average, but we are just about average in Europe. Especially former Soviet Republics and East European countries eat way more. But also some South American countries, other Central and West European countries (e.g. UK 20 kg more per capita) or countries like Nepal and Rwanda consume way more. King is Belarus with 3x the German consumpion.

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

da machen die aber Vodka draus...LOL

[@armchairwarrior963]

Interesting. In china the potato was mostly brought in by Chinese pirates through european trade in the Ming Dynasty. It was the food of the poor. It grew in marginal areas, hills and mountains of China. potato still have a stigma as poor people's food. Even if people grew up eating it. They won't buy etc.. They don't want people to think they are poor. I had to take decades to get my parents to start eating potatoes again lol.

[@marco21274]

I ate really delicious fried potatoes in Yunnan. In my experiences the food in the poor provinces tastes much better than in the rich ones. It is simply fresher. 😊

[@jillwheeler6207]

We had a really delicious Kartoffel served in a skillet at Schwabinger Kartoffelhaus in Munich years ago. 🥔🍄🧈🥦🧀

[@davidbraun6209]

I like potatoes, some of 'em I love. I love baked potatoes, skin left on, with butter, sour cream, salt, black pepper, maybe bacon and melted sharp Cheddar cheese, chives, maybe some spring onion tops, (fully loaded, very nearly potatoes Brennsn - something to Google). I also like baked potstoesI'with chili con carne, shredded Cheddar cheese, and pickled jalapeño slices with sour cream. m also partial to mashed potatoes, with butter, salt and black pepper, or decorated with spring onion cuts, bacon crumbles, and Cheddar cheese. I don'tvcare for American potato salad, but do like the German (schwäbische) potato salad (I was tempted to write "Kartoffelsalat" or "Erdapfelsalat"). Also, potato bread is great!

[@mathiasm8489]

It is the same in Belgium, i eat it like 5 times /week😁

[@emilywong6923]

Cute outfit on presenter! I grow them in my community garden plot but they messed up the soil for tomatoes.

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

Do you have a gray iron foundry nearby? The chips from machining of gray cast iron are great for growing tomatoes. They go off like rockets when you put the chips in the ground.

[@trancemadmaz]

I guess the potato farmer learned his English during his 2 year young persons visa stay in Australia

[@dweuromaxx]

😅😅 sounds like it!

[@PetraSoule]

well, that is not that unusual for a German to sound like an Aussie. When I went to England in 1974 I was often asked if I was from Australia. Not everyone sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger. North Germans sound different when speaking English than folks from the south of Germany😁

[@trancemadmaz]

@@PetraSoule That guy has definitely been to Australia

[@jugin199]

1:22 you forgot the most important variant: potato dumplings!

[@tomlineberger]

I love potatoes!! As always, I really enjoy your videos!! Vielen Dank!!

[@martingruba4226]

What are German Midsummer without potatos.

[@ГеоргийБойко-е2ж]

Belarus + potato = love

[@SoCalFreelance]

I like mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus with my filet mignon. 👌

[@razeel2000]

A life without potatoes is possible, but pointless.

[@michaelseifert5716]

Sooooo important to show it all to the world. But one extremely important dish ist missing: Klösse or Knödel. In Frankonia where I come from or Thuringia which is my wife's home they're almost religion.

[@tanmanchiu3892]

good quality video for people

[@rolfw2336]

The problem with this video is that it leaves you hungry :)

[@DeArmesClara]

German villians could love this video and all videos for you

[@joerg_koeln]

Fun fact: first the potatoes' green was eaten instead of the potatoe itself.

[@thats_guip]

I love this series! 👏🏻😃

[@herrdavidw]

Sebastian Klass has an Australian acccent!!!

[@thomasschumacher5362]

Sure does

[@dweuromaxx]

His mother is actually Australian.

[@bundiboo]

Yep - picked it straight away. Surprised he didn't say "spud".....

[@luckytai-lan2166]

I'm not German but I love potatoes.

[@hkkhgffh3613]

Wickid!

[@larsvonlennep6405]

"Potatoe salat with vienna sausages...its hardly get more german than that" - here DW is historical too correct. Because yes, Austria is still a "German" country when you look to the historical context of this attribute...but I bet they will hate this soooooo much to hear ;-)

[@sumosprojects]

Who’s the bloke with the Aussie accent?

[@llydrsn]

Okay, so I just watched a 6 minute video about potatoes 😅

[@Baccatube79]

The potato farmer spent a year backpacking down under, didn't he?

[@dweuromaxx]

His mother is from Australia. 😉

[@Baccatube79]

@@dweuromaxx das erklärt es natürlich. Ich hatte ihn schon im Verdacht, dieser eine Leon zu sein, den wir alle im Bekanntenkreis haben, der nach dem Abi ein Jahr für Hike & Travel in Australien war und jetzt Ökofarming in Brandenburg macht.

[@remaguire]

What about "Spargelzeit"?!

[@dweuromaxx]

A staple of German life

[@TSFE79]

Well more they are focused on potatoes and less they are focused on panzerdivisionen :D viele liebe grusse

[@angelikapreu9323]

WW2 is more than 70 Years over.🤦 Three Generations!

[@DieinnereStimme]

Wow, your German is amazing..! 🤩

[@PhotogNT]

Something Australians commonly say is if you have a potato you have a meal.

[@sudelikespotato]

Potatoes just are the BEST FOOD

[@MinhLe-ou5pp]

Beclin cũng muốn mua . Mua được hả

[@thespiritof76.]

Hey Hannah...would you swat that fly?

[@AuslanIz]

I actually Love Potatoes, and German Culture

[@Mary-st1jz]

How close different nations and countries about their tastes)

[@SKF358]

Hannah is even more delicious than potatoes. And I LOVE potatoes.

[@tomasoionnaigh4855]

Well we have something in common the Germans ,potatoes ,greeting from Ireland

[@liqiz1755]

Really?

[@gigachadsitler]

Potato 🥔🥔 😋😋

[@oleandersen2228]

I love bratkartoffeln. No one like the Germans, know how to make bratkartoffeln.

[@nativerambler9818]

I like potatoes 🥔

[@hape3862]

Weiß jemand, warum es keine speckig kochenden Kartoffeln mehr gibt?

[@saba1030]

Es gibt sie noch, heisst jetzt = festkochend 😊

[@hape3862]

@@saba1030 Naa, die waren anders. Irgendwie schleimig, die haben gekocht sogar manchmal Fäden gezogen am Messer beim schneiden, waren aber echt gut, z. B. für Kartoffelsalat.

[@saba1030]

@@hape3862 OK. Kenn ich so nicht, habe deswegen extra gegoogelt ... und da kam die Antwort = festkochend, es wurden auch die Namen der "speckig en" Kartoffeln mit angegeben 🥔 Kannst ja mal schauen, ob die Lieblingskartoffel/speckig dabei ist. Guten Hunger 😊

[@karstenbursak8083]

Da fällt mir nur die gute alte "Sieglinde" ein

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

@@karstenbursak8083 es gab auch mal 'Rheinische Mölle'...

[@alextrevelian]

Would had been nice if she had gone more in detail which type goes with which dish, instead of just glossing over this fact. I always have this problem with Frau Netto.

[@hartmutbohn]

Am I the first to mention the terrible pun: Wie heißt das Reh mit Vornamen? Kartoffelpü!

[@dweuromaxx]

😆

[@carrerau7138]

There are several European nations who consume more potatoes per capita than Germany.

[@top10listeverything]

Every body likes potatoes

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

Yes, roasted, fried, baked, mashed in dumplings and bread. Yummy

[@marcuslegion3654]

Just don't tell the Irish and the Russians..... They're obsessed with potatoes too

[@karstenbursak8083]

Das heisst Grumbiere !!!

[@12tanuha21]

Grumbeer

[@usamanadeem9117]

Sie lieben so sehr der Kartoffeln In Deutschland

[@ncuco]

What happened to the other girl who used to do these videos?

[@bpnk5237]

Frederick the great

[@leonromster]

And I thought that Belarus is a potato country

[@judithw7016]

Nein😅

[@SixOhFive]

Jewish like potatoes too, lahtkees

[@komocka]

Farmers don't develop new potato varieties, thus they are not named after farmers daughters!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

My German-American mother served me WAY too many potatoes as a kid. Now I rarely eat them. And after a meat-filled childhood, I no longer eat any mammals either.. Potatoes are one thing, but I'm amazed that Germans still eat so much pig meat . . . ugh! 😫

[@pwp8737]

to each his own

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@pwp8737 Exactly why the entire planet is turning in to a human garbage dump. Too bad you're so selfish.

[@RadicalAntifa]

I freaking love patatoes...

[@kosovokosovo479]

Germans are the besst and the most correct and the most blessed nation in world i would like all european Continent to convert in German

[@SuspiciouslyGroomedPegasus]

Mashed potatos are like essential to life, with fried chicken and gravy